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questions for hb colors
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe the leg marking "sock" | White extends from the coronet to & including the fetlock |
| Describe the leg marking "pastern" | White extends from the coronet to & including the pastern |
| What leg marking extends from the coronet to & including the knee? | Full stocking |
| Describe the face marking "star" | Small patch of white hairs on the forehead (white marking on forehead) |
| What do most grulla horses have on their legs & withers? | Zebra stripes |
| What is the term for faded out color around the horse's mouth? | Mealy mouth |
| What does the term "flaxen" mean? | Mane & tail that are colored light yellow to white OR light yellowish mane & tail |
| What leg marking is white from the coronet to the middle of the cannon? | Half stocking |
| What is the term for a dark line over the withers from side to side? | Cross or transverse stripe |
| Referring to horses, what does the term "zebra" mean? | Dark stripes on the legs and/or withers |
| What do you call a long, narrow band of white running from the forehead down towards the muzzle? | Stripe |
| What term describes both a horse color & a horny growth found on the inside of a horse's legs? | Chestnut |
| What is the difference in coloring between a red bay & a chestnut? | Bays always have black manes & tails. Chestnuts have red or flaxen manes & tails |
| What is a "line back"? | Darker line running along the back from mane to tail (another name for dorsal stripe) |
| Describe the color pattern "pinto" | Combination of white & colored markings in irregular patches or spots |
| What are the 2 most common dorsal stripe colors? | Red & black |
| Name 2 of the 5 white leg markings | Coronet, pastern, ankle/sock, half stocking, full stocking |
| Describe a full stocking | White extends from the coronet to & including the knee |
| Describe the marking "coronet" | White covering the coronet band |
| Describe a roan horse | Color is a mixture of white & colored hairs |
| Describe the color palomino | Golden color with white mane & tail (color ranges from bright copper to light yellow OR color of a newly minted gold coin |
| Describe the color chestnut | Some shade of red (ranges from yellowish red to mahogany red -- mane & tail are usually the same color as the body) |
| What is a true white horse? | One that's born white & dies white |
| What color would you call a black horse who has tan or brown hairs on the muzzle or flank? | Seal brown |
| What color is a horse that has a reddish brown body & a black mane & tail? | Bay |
| How can you tell whether a horse is black or seal brown? | Tan or brown hairs on muzzle and/or flank means it's seal brown. (Black horse doesn't have tan or brown hairs) |
| Describe a snip | Small patch of white hairs that runs over the muzzle - often to the lips |
| What do you call a blue or whitish eye? | Glass eye, watch eye or wall eye (only need to give one) |
| Name 2 of the 5 major VARIATIONS of coat colors | Dun, gray, roan, palomino, pinto |
| Name 2 of the 5 BASIC coat colors | Black, bay, chestnut or sorrel, brown, white (sorrel is another name for chestnut) |
| Red, strawberry & blue are variations of which color? | Roan |
| Where do you find the black points on a horse? | Mane, tail & legs |
| How many basic coat colors are there? | Five |
| How many major variations of horse coat colors are there? | Five |
| Most so-called white horses are really which color? | Gray |
| What type of roan would you call a horse who has a mix of red & white hairs? | Red roan (strawberry roan also acceptable because reference put both colors under the term red roan) |
| What term refers to both white on the face covering the eye area or to one defective eye? | Wall eyed |
| What is the term for a horse whose iris is a light color? | Glass eye, wall eye or watch eye |
| The mealy mouthed description is most likely to be found in what color horse? | Bay or Brown |
| Name 2 pattern markings of the Paint or Pinto | Tobiano, overo, tovero, splashed white, sabino |
| What is the term for a dun horse whose yellow hairs are mixed with brown or black? | Grulla |
| Describe the markings of a zebra dun | Dun horse with black points & zebra stripes on legs and/or withers |
| What is the term used for a gray horse that has a lot of black in his coat? | Steel Gray |
| Define flea-bitten | A gray horse with small black or reddish specks or spots |
| What term means large roan spots on some base color? | Patched |
| What term means a lack of uniformity in color - a dull, dirty tone? | Ratty |
| What term means darker patches, dull finish or dark overcast? | Toasted |
| A chestnut horse whose mane & tail are lighter in color than the body is called what? | Flaxen |
| In order to be registered as a dun, a grulla must have what? | Dorsal stripe |
| When referring to color, what is another name for chestnut? | Sorrel |
| Describe the body color of a dun | Body color yellowish or gold (dominant hair color is some shade of yellow) |
| What term describes a circular or ring-shaped pattern on the coat - 2 slightly different shades of the same color? | Dappled |
| What is the term meaning a blue tinge to the coat? | Smokey |
| What do you call a gray or roan horse that has bay or chestnut specks or spots on a predominately white background? | Red speckled |
| Which term means a mane or tail that is white with a few black hairs? | Silver |
| What color always has black points? | Bay or grulla |
| What causes a gray horse's coat to lighten with age? | White hairs growing into coat |
| Describe the marking "flame" | A few white hairs in the middle of the forehead |
| Describe the coloring of a red dun | Reddish orange/reddish yellow color with a red stripe down its back (usually has red mane & tail) |
| Describe a blue roan | Roan horse with a mixture of black & white hairs |
| Which pinto color pattern has rounded or oval-shaped spots? | Tobiano |
| Which pinto color pattern is characterized by jagged edged, splashy, scattered spots? | Overo |
| What is another name for a bay roan? | Red Roan |
| Name 2 areas that are generally darker or more solid colored on a roan horse | Head, neck, lower legs, mane, tail |
| What color horse has a black mane & tail, body color of brown or black with lighter areas at the muzzle, eyes, flank & inside of upper thighs? | Brown or seal brown |
| What color does the following describe? The foal's coat will be a solid color, but with each consecutive hair coat, more white hairs are added | Gray |
| What color horse has black points & a yellowish coat color? | Buckskin |
| Be specific: A red dorsal stripe appears with which coat color? | Red dun, claybank dun or apricot dun (only need to name one) |
| What color skin does a true white horse have? | Pink |
| On what coat color is dappling most easy to see? | Gray |
| Both gray & roan horses are a mixture of white & colored hairs. What is the difference between these 2 colors? | Gray horses get progressively lighter with age. Roan horses do not change color - the amount of white hair stays the same |
| What color eyes does a white horse have? | Brown, hazel or blue (only need to name one) |
| Which color is the color of newly tanned deerhide with black points? | Buckskin |
| What do you call an appaloosa coat pattern where the horse has a solid colored head, neck & shoulders & on the back or flank changes to white? | Blanket |
| What is a brindle dun? | Dun horse with stripes on its barrel (body) |
| The unusual markings of a brindle dun can appear as what? | Teardrops or zebra stripes |
| What is another name for a chestnut roan? | Strawberry roan (red roan also acceptable since HIH ref lists both bay & chestnut roans as "red") |
| Describe the marking "bald face" | White over most of the flat surface of the face (often including the eyes & nostrils) |
| Describe "glass eye" | Eyeball is clear - shade between white & blue OR blue/whitish eye |
| What do you call a wide, white stripe running down the face to the lips? | Blaze |
| What is the rarest pinto pattern? | Sabino |
| Describe an overo | Paint/Pinto that doesn't usually have white across the back. Spots are irregular/jagged edges (often have bald face with bonnet pattern |
| Describe the cremello color | Cream colored |
| What color is a horse whose body is smoky or mouse colored with a black mane & tail. It also usually have a dorsal stripe & black points | Grulla |
| What does the term "watch eye" mean? | Another name for glass eye |
| What are dark spots on a white coronet band called? | Distal spots or ermine spots |
| The gray color pattern on a bay or chestnut horse is called what type of gray? | Rose Gray |
| What color horse is known as the horse of heroes, history, art & fiction? | White |
| The word "pinto" is derived from a Spanish word meaning what? | Painted, paint or spotted (only need to give one) |
| In reference to coat colors, what are 2 common names for a very dark chocolate shade of chestnut? | Liver chestnut or black chestnut |
| What pinto pattern has a dark base color with white spots? A: | Overo |
| Your Paint horse has 2 solid legs & 2 white stockings. His face has a wide blaze & the white body markings are irregularly spotted. What type of spotting pattern does this horse have? A: | Overo |
| Describe the difference between a stripe & a blaze | Blaze is wider - covers the nasal bones |
| Describe an eel stripe | Continuous black stripe down horse's back from mane to tail |
| What do you call the congenital absence of pigment in the skin, hair & eyes of a horse? | Albino or albinism |
| Dark hairs in the mane or tail of a palomino must not exceed what percent? | 15% |
| What is the name of the pigment in a horse's skin? | Melanin |
| What is piebald? | Black and white spotting |
| What is the general term that describes the color of a bay & white Pinto? | Skewbald |
| Describe the coloring of a piebald pinto | Black& white patches/spots |
| Which pinto color pattern can be confused with blotchy roaning? | Sabino |
| What is the term used for a horse who is almost entirely white except for colored areas over the ears & perhaps the eyes, chest & base of tail? | Medicine Hat |
| Why are most white horses not considered albinos? | The majority have pigmented/colored eyes -- true albinos have no eye pigment/color |
| Describe the tovero color pattern | Combination of the tobiano & overo patterns - clearly doesn't belong in either one |
| A coat color of dappled chestnut with a silver or white mane & tail is commonly associated with which breed? | Shetland Pony, Miniature Horse or Rocky Mountain Horse (only need to name one) |
| A dark colored (usually red or brown) splotch on the base coat color is called what? | Blood mark or handprint (either accepted) |
| Referring to markings, what is an ink spot? | Small dark-colored spot seen on the white area of a Paint or Pinto |
| What do you call a variation of the red dun color - body color is light copper with mane & tail a darker shade? | Claybank |
| Small, dark-colored spots on a roan coat are called what? | Corn spots |
| Frame, sabino & splashed white are 3 color patterns within which more general paint color pattern - overo or tobiano? | Overo |
| What is the term described as a "speckled, flecked & jagged Paint color pattern"? | Sabino |
| 2 part question: The pigment melanin comes in 2 forms. Name them & the colors they control | Eumelanin - controls black or brown Pheomelanin - controls red or yellow |
| What is the name of coat markings or areas of the skin where there is no pigment? | Flesh marks |
| Describe the color perlino | Ivory color with rusty points |
| What color is unique to the Shetland Pony? | Silver dapple |
| What are the 3 color variations that describe a roan? | Red, strawberry & blue |
| Give 2 terms that mean a dark line running down the back from the mane to tail | Dorsal stripe, line-back, eel stripe |
| Name the 5 white leg markings | Coronet, pastern, ankle or sock, half stocking, full stocking |
| Name the 5 white face markings | Star, stripe, blaze, snip, bald face |
| Name 3 types of dun | Zebra dun, grulla, red dun, brindle dun, claybank, apricot dun |
| Name the 5 basic coat colors | Black, brown, chestnut, bay, white |
| Name 3 Appaloosa color patterns | Leopard, blanket, blanket with spots, few spot leopard, snowflake, frost, mottled, varnish roan |
| The term "wall eye" can mean 3 different things. Name them | Light blue or hazel eye, defective eye, white spot over the eye area |
| Name 3 characteristics of the overo color pattern | White doesn't cross back, one or more legs are dark, spots irregular or splashy, often have bald , bonnet or apron face |
| Name 3 characteristics of the tobiano color pattern | White crosses back, head is solid color or has white face marking, all 4 legs are white below knees & hocks, spots are regular, oval shaped & distinct, one or both flanks are usually solid |
| Name 3 characteristics that distinguish true white areas of a horse | Present at birth, pink skin, don't change with age |
| Name 3 color variations of a gray horse | Dapple gray, fleabitten, steel gray, rosettes, rose gray |
| Name 3 dun factors | Dorsal stripe, leg barring/zebra stripes, shoulder stripe or shadow/cape, black ear tips, cobwebbing/face masking, neck stripes, mane & tail frosting |
| The basic coat colors of the horse can be modified 4 different ways. Name them | Dilution, roaning, graying, spotting |
| Name 4 primitive markings of the horse or ass | Dorsal stripe, wither stripe/cross, zebra stripes, cobwebbing/spider webbing on forehead |
| Name 3 face markings that have more white than a blaze | Bald face, bonnet face, apron face, medicine hat |
| What are 3 characteristics of true white horses? | Snow white hair, pink skin, brown/blue/hazel eyes, born & dies same color |
| Roan horses have a combination of white & colored hairs. What are the 3 most common base colors of a roan? | Black, bay & chestnut |
| What are the 5 major variations of horse coat color? | Dun, gray, palomino, roan, pinto |
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